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Nov 19, 2019

Poland Moves Ahead With $60 Billion Nuclear Power Project

Posted by in category: nuclear energy

After at least a decade of preparations, coal-reliant Poland may be one step away from embarking on its biggest power project ever, with talks on securing the $60 billion in financing entering the final stretch.

Nov 19, 2019

Artificial intelligence is ‘enhancing’ healthcare: IHDpay Group

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Chun Yuan Chiang of IHDpay Group says artificial intelligence cannot completely replace the “high-touch” nature of medical care. However, technology can be helpful in diagnosis or in situations where patients have long, complicated medical histories, he says. Chiang was speaking on a panel with Jai Verma of Cigna International and Dai Ying of GE Healthcare.

Nov 19, 2019

Tardigrades, Cryptobiosis, and Survival at the Extremes!! — Dr. Thomas Boothby, University of Wyoming — ideaXme — Ira Pastor

Posted by in categories: aging, alien life, bioengineering, biotech/medical, chemistry, cryonics, DNA, futurism, genetics, health

Nov 19, 2019

I spent a week with a doomsday prepper in the outback. This is how it changed me

Posted by in category: existential risks

“Doomsday prepping”, or “survivalism”, is on the rise in Australia, as it is in the US and UK.

This is despite “preppers” being widely met with ridicule or fear (as the New York Times writes, prepping reality TV shows “are full of people lovingly cradling their weaponry, which in many cases is frighteningly extensive”).

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Nov 18, 2019

An imitation learning approach to train robots without the need for real human demonstrations

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI

Most humans can learn how to complete a given task by observing another person perform it just once. Robots that are programmed to learn by imitating humans, however, typically need to be trained on a series of human demonstrations before they can effectively reproduce the desired behavior.

Researchers were recently able to teach robots to execute new tasks by having them observe a single human demonstration, using meta-learning approaches. However, these learning techniques typically require real-world data that can be expensive and difficult to collect.

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Nov 18, 2019

Breakthrough discovery in plants’ DNA may lead to slowing aging process in humans

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

A “missing link” of cellular immortality has been found between single-celled animals, humans and the plant kingdom, according to a new study.

Nov 18, 2019

Chrome, Safari, Edge, Office 365 Hacked During Chinese Contest—But iPhone 11 Attack Fails

Posted by in category: mobile phones

A Chinese contest has pitched the country’s greatest hackers against the world’s leading technologies—and sent a message to the West.

Nov 18, 2019

Landmark Longevity Summits at King’s College London

Posted by in categories: finance, governance, government, life extension, policy, robotics/AI

“Demonstrate That Top Financial and Tech Corporations Are Committed to Longevity”


This week two Landmark International Longevity Summits in London attracted the attention of scientists, government officials, major financial corporations, insurance companies, investment banks, and technology companies from around the world. The Landmark AI for Longevity Summit and the First International Longevity Policy and Governance Summit at King’s College London are expected to become the world-leading forums for the Longevity Industry.

Nov 18, 2019

What Happens When We Die? Insights from Resuscitation Science, Sessions 1 & 2

Posted by in category: science

By the new york academy of sciences on livestream — livestream.com

Nov 18, 2019

China Killing Prisoners To Harvest Organs For Transplant: New Report Exposes Cover-Up

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

We must use the power of #Capitalism to destroy #Communist #China and their illegal organ harvesting that is killing millions of people and is a human rights violation because of #genocide. Free #HongKong, #Tibet, and #Taiwan.


China has been accused of the “state-run mass murder” of prisoners for their organs. Now the country is also accused of a systematic cover-up.